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Come Along For The Ride - 16th German-Language Film Festival
Get in touch with the best of new German language cinema – Join Film|Neu, the 16th annual festival of the newest and most innovative in German-language film (Jan 18-24) in Washington, DC. In keeping with the general trend of quality international art-house cinema, German-language films, whether they be from Germany, Austria, Switzerland or a combination of any of the three via international co-production, are now telling geopolitical stories that, more often than not, grapple with questions of national identity, regional allegiances, and the twin dragons of globalization, opportunity and danger. There’s urban woe and rural caricatures: the former via the Graz of All The Invisible Things, the Asian playgrounds of Hotel Very Welcome and the Berlin of Valerie, and the latter by way of the sly social commentary to be found in Grave Decisions, Late Bloomers and Schroeder’s Wonderful World. The program branches out to explore journeys of discovery in And Along Come Tourists, One Who Sets Forth: Wim Wenders’ Early Years, Runaway Horse and To The Limits. In truth, the 16th edition of this festival of German-language film is perhaps the most globally conscious collection ever assembled. Do come along for the ride. Eddie Cockrell Eddie Cockrell is a film critic for the trade paper Variety who reviews from festivals in Budapest, Berlin, Karlovy, Montreal and Toronto. December 20, 2007 Links
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